Docimodus
Genus of fishes
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Docimodus is a small genus of cichlids native to east Africa where they are found in Lake Malawi and one species (D. johnstoni) also occurs in Lake Malombe and the upper Shire River.
| Docimodus | |
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| Docimodus johnstoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Docimodus Boulenger, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Docimodus johnstoni Boulenger, 1897 | |
The species of this genus have unusual feeding habits: they feed on scales, fins, or skin of other fishes.[1]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Docimodus evelynae Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1976
- Docimodus johnstoni Boulenger, 1897
![Stub icon](#/media/File:Labidochromis_sp_"hongi".jpg){kind=small}